Content note: 1956 US newspaper cartoon depicting Egypt's government as a drooling camel at the Suez Canal, in the period's caricature style, shown as published. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Monopolizing the Water Hole
A camel labelled 'Nasser's Egypt' drinks from a pool labelled 'Suez' in front of palm trees and pyramids, drooling as it drinks. The cartoon argues that Egypt is keeping the Suez Canal for itself; the camel caricature and the title carry the argument.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- September 8, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Empire and colonialism, Economy and finance
- Event
- Suez Crisis
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743230 (NAID 5743230).
Text on the object
NASSER'S EGYPT SUEZ JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
